I am not the type to uninstall apps once I have it on my phone because I am always very careful when it comes to the apps I get from the stores. At a particular time there was a rave in my locality about some apps being used to hack into a phone and grabbing data that may hurt the owner of the phone. I never confirmed how true the info was but I took that cue and became very careful about getting apps on my phone. So I never believed any app could be useless on my phone... Till I eventually needed their space.
One lovely afternoon, I was trying to download a popular series to watch during my leisure time. I was already halfway into downloading the series when I got an annoying prompt that my phone's storage space was nearly maxed out. Of course, I have to perform a cleaning act to free some spaces for the much anticipated series. There is no way I'm letting anything stop me from getting every single episode of that series.
A quick glance through my File Manager showed me the apps consuming much space. And that's when I realized some of these apps are downright useless. The ones I first noticed were the apps that have always gotten on my nerves since I got my phone but could do nothing about them - the pre-installed apps like Face Unlock, Feedback, Hi Theme, and Notepad.
Though these apps have their importance, I already have better apps doing some of their jobs, like I use Keep Notes instead of Notepad. Also, I'm not some toddler to be fascinated with changing themes on a regular basis. So Hi Theme is basically useless. I have never mistakenly opened the Feedback and Face Unlock apps before. I have no business using them. But then, these apps consume very little space. So, they are not the problem.
So, which are the problem apps?
Though I've heard about cryptocurrency airdrops before, I never really subscribed to it until during the Covid-19 lockdown period. Because of the unusually excessive amount of time I had due to less working activities then, I engaged in a lot of airdrops. For some of them, to receive their tokens, one must download their apps. That was how I had an overdose of cryptocurrency apps littering my phone and zapping space and life out of it.
Needless to say, I laughed hysterically as I realized those useless tokens I had hoped would eventually get listed in recognized crypto exchanges never got listed. I felt a nostalgic feeling as I painfully uninstalled the majority of the apps. I had waited in vain hoping something tangible would come from those efforts to market and get referrals for these tokens. It was a sad end; it felt poetic.
Now, I'm not expecting these failed crypto projects to haunt me later in life. Before pressing the uninstall button I couldn't help but remember the yearly sarcastic celebration of the man who allegedly sold 10 bitcoin for a pizza. I wouldn't want to have that feeling that I squandered an opportunity to attain wealth because of a movie series that adds zero kobo to my account.
In the end, these apps belong to failed projects. If we don't let go of a closed door, we may never look ahead enough to find an open one. Getting rid of the apps was the closure I needed in that aspect. For some reasons I couldn't fathom, it just never felt good.
